Cyrioides vittigera

Cyrioides vittigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Buprestoidea
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Cyrioides
Species: C.vittigera
Binomial name
Cyrioides vittigera
(Laporte & Gory) 1835

Cyrioides vittigera, commonly known as the striped banksia jewel beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Buprestidae native to Western Australia. It was described by the French naturalists Francis de Laporte de Castelnau and Hippolyte Louis Gory in 1835.[1]

References

  1. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (9 October 2008). "Species Cyrioides vittigera (Laporte & Gory, 1835)". Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra ACT: Australian Government. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
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